From: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
To: buildroot@busybox.net
Subject: [Buildroot] prefer static libraries question
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 15:25:27 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110422152527.7ec95de5@surf> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <201104121836.55644.vapier@gentoo.org>
On Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:36:54 -0400
Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> wrote:
> might be better to rename or add a new option. then the build logic
> is clear: if user *prefers* static linking, we'll still build/install
> shared libs, but we'll generate static programs everywhere. if the
> user *only* wants static builds, then we can skip the shared lib
> stuff entirely.
Does the "prefers" use case really makes sense ? I have always found
our BR2_PREFER_STATIC_LIB a bit odd, and I think it should be
BR2_USE_STATIC_LIB instead, and compile everything statically.
What do you think ?
Thomas
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-04-22 13:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-03-28 21:49 [Buildroot] prefer static libraries question ANDY KENNEDY
2011-04-12 6:48 ` Mike Frysinger
2011-04-12 15:20 ` ANDY KENNEDY
2011-04-12 22:36 ` Mike Frysinger
2011-04-22 13:25 ` Thomas Petazzoni [this message]
2011-05-14 9:38 ` Peter Korsgaard
2011-06-18 18:47 ` Mike Frysinger
2011-06-18 19:38 ` Bernhard Reutner-Fischer
2011-06-20 14:53 ` ANDY KENNEDY
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